Babysitter First Aid

Participants learn how to provide care to younger children in a variety of age groups, and how to prevent and respond to emergencies. Course also offers youth the training to promote themselves as a babysitter to prospective parents.

Help Your Child Build Valuable Skills For A Lifetime. As A Trained Babysitter, Your Child Will Learn:
-Basic skills to care for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children
-How to care for himself/herself and siblings when home alone
-How to create a safe environment, and deal with phone calls and unexpected visitors
-How to react confidently in case of an emergency, such as choking, bleeding, poisoning, or burns
-How to cope with common problems, such as tantrums and crying
-Games and activities to keep kids of all ages entertained
-How to manage a babysitting business, including creating a resume and a business card, and asking the right questions before accepting a babysitting job

Red Cross instructor Emre Bosut, co-owner of T’ashii Paddle School brings 17 years of outdoor industry and instructing experience to T’ashii’s wilderness first aid courses. With a background in whitewater instructing and guiding Emre has worked around Canada and internationally as a guide in mountain, river, and surf environments.

June 4 – 10am to 2:30pm